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Originally Posted by MrMike
That can’t leave too much room for Barzal can it?
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Not even close to enough. Someone is going to have to go, and they will have to sweeten the deal to make it happen. They have 6 forwards (Lee, Nelson, Eberle, Bailey, Ladd and Pageau) making $5M+, and honestly, which one would you actually want at those prices? They had to overpay a couple to get them to stay, and now it's time to pay the piper. Oh, and they are all signed for at least another 2 seasons.
I see them having to ship out Eberle to somewhere like Nashville, Detroit, Florida, LA and having to throw in a couple of 2nds as the sweetener, and get like a conditional 4th in return.
Or, Nashville offer sheets Barzal. 5 years, $8.5 million per, which costs a 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Or (and most likely), NHL GMs sit on their hands and wait for Lout to get things figured out. Because that's the gentlemanly thing to do.